ix, 366 pages : 24 cm

The rapid changes in the former Soviet Union have rendered most pre-1992 works on its environment obsolete. A more specifically geographic approach that highlights the particular situation in each republic and region is offered by Philip R. Pryde's new work, Environmental Resources and Constraints in the Former Soviet Republics. Focusing broadly on environmental systems, infrastructures, and problems, the book also surveys each republic's physical geography, ethnography, resources, history, economic bases, and future needs and potential. The environmental legacies of the Soviet period are outlined and current trends are explored. For its concise overview of the geographic environment in the post-Soviet republics, this book will be valued as a guide and reference by scholars, students, and professionals

Includes bibliographical references and index

The environmental implications of republic sovereignty ; Russia : an overview of the federation / Philip R. Pryde -- European Russia / Boris I. Kochurov -- The Urals and Siberia / Anna Scherbakova and Scott Monroe -- The Russian Far East / Holly Strand -- Estonia / Siim Sööt -- Latvia / Juris Dreifelds -- Lithuania / Randy Kritkausky -- Ukraine / Ihor Stebelsky -- Environmental management in Ukraine / William E. Freeman -- Belarus / Oleg Cherp and Nadezhda Kovaleva -- Moldova / Adriana Dinu and Matthew Rowntree -- Georgia / Lynn Richards -- Armenia / Armen L. Valesyan --Azerbaijan / Ze'ev Wolfson and Zia Daniell -- Kazakhstan / David R. Smith -- Turkmenistan / Philip Micklin -- Uzbekistan / Nancy Lubin -- Kyrgyzstan / Kathleen Braden -- Tajikstan / Sharon Eicher -- Conclusion : The view to the future / Philip R. Pryde

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